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" No one ever teaches well who wants to teach, or governs well who wants to govern. "

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" There will be no end to the troubles of states, or of humanity itself, till philosophers become kings in this world, or till those we now call kings and rulers really and truly become philosophers, and political power and philosophy thus come into the same hands. "

" As the builders say, the larger stones do not lie well without the lesser. "

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" Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws. "

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" To go to the world below, having a soul which is like a vessel full of injustice, is the last and worst of all the evils. "

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" Injustice is censured because the censures are afraid of suffering, and not from any fear which they have of doing injustice. "

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" Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery. "

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" Justice means minding one's own business and not meddling with other men's concerns. "